Specifications of the Sprint 15

The Sprint 15 (formerly Dart 15) was designed in 1979 by Rodney March, who was also responsible for the design of the Olympic Tornado class catamaran. Originally built by Panthercraft Ltd of Penryn in Cornwall, the Dart 15 was then sold through The Laser Centre in Banbury. In 1999 The Laser Centre moved manufacture of the hulls closer to home from Penryn to renowned catamaran builder Reg White.

In 2004 The Laser Center decided that the 15 no longer fitted into their product range, and decided to stop production. This gave one of the original Dart builders, Ian Fraser, an opportunity to regain the rights to manufacture the boat.

2005 was an exciting year as the newly named Sprint 15 was relaunched. The new boat will be manufactured by Collins Fibreglass in South Africa (already Dart 18 builders) and sold in the UK via Windsport International (The Cat Clinic), run by well known catamaran expert Brian Phipps.

The first South African built Sprint 15 was reviewed by Jeremy Evans in Yachts & Yachting magazine, 18th November 2005, and they have kindly made available a PDF version of the review which can be viewed from the Y&Y website: here.

The hulls are manufactured in GRP and the mast is available either in one piece or as a 2 piece for car topping.

Performance

PY rating *

SCHRS rating

Sailed "Unarig" (one person with just the main)

927

1.402

Sailed 2 up (with main & jib)

927

1.394

Sailed "Sport" (one person with main, jib & trapeze)

894

1.274

Weights

Hull

33 kg per hull

Trolley

6 kg

Road base

100 kg

Trailing weight

174.5 kg

Mast

10.5 kg

&nbspDimensions

Length

4.54 m

Beam

2.13 m

Mast

6.715 m

&nbspSail areas

Main

10.19 m&sup2

Jib

2.10 m&sup2

* Please note the Sprint 15 Association use an adjusted PY handicap which better reflects the relative performance of the different modes of the boat. These are shown above. Current RYA PY numbers can be downloaded from the RYA web site.